how to conserve electric power?

[Killing my fish]

In an effort to lower my electric bills, I've set my eheim 2213 filter to just run for five hours during the evening. As the 40 gal is semi full of lives plants and about 10 fish. Though I wonder if this just being penny wise but dollar stupid?
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[Shelby_Tempo_GT]

yes. Its silly.

What5 is the power consumption of your filter?

My Renas (XP2 and XP3) are running 19 and 26 watts


That's nothing. You will save 10 t5imes as much by dialing your refrigerat5or and freezer back by one notch. This is the largest consumer of electricity in your house.

Next step? Lower your household thermostat by a degree.

And then wash all your clothes in cold water. Limit all showers to less than 10 minutes.



Seriously. Restricting a 20 watt appliance wont make a dent. And really, compare that to your t5ank heater. Maybe dial that back a degree too.

And then you will have saved more than enough electricity to run 10 filters non-stop.

 

[wataugachicken]

switch your regular light bulbs (in the house) over to compact flourescents. if you kept a light on for 8 hours a day, every day of the year, a regular bulb would cost you $16 to run, while a compact fl. bulb is $5. plus even though the initial cost is higher when you buy it, they last years instead of months.

 

[jm1212]

unplugging a filter is not a very good way to save money; it is also essential to the health of a tank

you can turn off lights, tvs, etc. when you leave the room, switch your light bulbs to compact flourescent as watugachicken stated, read a book instead of watching tv before you go to bed, open vents on the bottom floor(s) of your home and close those on the top floor(s) to allow heat to flow naturally to save money.

 

[webcricket]

The Eheim 2213 consumes 8 watts per hour of power. That's 5.76 kilowatts of electricity per month to run it 24/7. Let's assume you pay the national average of 10.5 cents per kilowatt. To run the filter 24/7 costs you about 60 cents a month and is optimal for the health of your tank and biological media.

You're really better off cutting corners on lighting (only on when you view fish) and the tank temperature. If you have hardy community fish, drop the tank temperature down to the low 70s.

 

[J double R]

i, too, once upon a time believed that my tanks were the reason my electrical bill was so high. i soon realized that was not the case, however, and that running a tank 24/7 is similar to running a low-power light bulb 24/7. which i can deal with, of course, at least compared to electric heat.

 

[Mgamer20o0]

your causing more harm then good. why dont you turn off the comp. that will save more power. there are so many ways to save electricity. google might help you a lot.